@krishartmann @academicchatter

The best scientific social network is ResearchGate, just compare these two statistics between them.

ResearchGate
Users: +20 million
Papers: +135 million

Academia.edu
Users: +207 million (there is a lot of spam)
Papers: +40 million

Update: January 2023

#socialNetworks #ScienceMastodon #AcademicMastodon #ResearchGate #AcademiaEdu #SocialMediaForAcademics #socialmedia

This, by Dr Mark Carrigan (Manchester University) and author of 'Social Media for Academics 2nd ed', is relevant to recent #AcademicMastodon migrants (relevant to me, anyway) #SocialMediaForAcademics

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2022/11/04/as-musk-takes-control-are-we-heading-to-an-everything-app-or-the-break-up-of-academic-twitter/